People · United States
Joseph Molloy
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015MOLL03
Joseph Molloy has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.82, set at New Hampshire Spring 2023, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,481st in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since December 2015, he has put 326 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.79 in December 2015 to 8.82, a 55% improvement. Joseph has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.82 | 11.18 | top 4.5% | 2,481 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 36.61 | 42.14 | top 8.3% | 1,249 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.17 | 19.85 | top 8.5% | 1,130 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 3.73 | 5.35 | top 23.1% | 9,054 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.34 | 1:42.58 | top 23.6% | 1,825 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.67 | 14.60 | top 42.0% | 12,043 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 26.63 | 42.40 | top 42.7% | 2,766 / 6,743 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at New Hampshire Spring 2023.
- 2 Feb 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.55 at Salem Cube Trials 2019.
- 2 Feb 2019Four personal bests in one day at Salem Cube Trials 2019.
- 3 Nov 2018Four personal bests in one day at BA Fall Cube Fest 2018.
- 8 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Connect Community 2018.
- 5 Nov 2016Three personal bests in one day at Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016.
Competitions
- New Hampshire Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2022 · 2 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Quabbin Summer 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Salem Cube Trials 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- BA Fall Cube Fest 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Connect Community 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Viking 2017 · 10 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Melrose Summer 2016 · 23 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- New Hampshire Open 2016 · 9 Apr 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2015 · 12 Dec 2015
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Will Russo — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Alex Cohen — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- James Quinn — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.